Post #1301327
2026-02-21 18:03 UTC
Buy used ETA: and prevent waste
I meant from individuals, not corporations with a profitable refurbishing outfit. e.g.: eBay, thrift shops, the swap shop at your local dump (if you're lucky to have one), yard sales, etc.
One of my favorite things in life is rescuing hardware from the landfill, or bringing a relative's dusty old machine back to life. There are still loads of people out there who have never opened a PC case before, and think the whole machine is a loss just because it won't boot, or is "old".
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@givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2026-02-21 18:36
Wild that people were down voting you. Hard drives can last decades and are replaced from enterprise servers long before they're close to failing. Especially with lowered use compared to a server, you won't see much functional difference between brand new consumer grade and used server grade. Pretty sure caches and everything are better on used server grade still anyways.
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@anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2026-02-21 23:04
Everyone IS so there’s a run on those also.